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China Sourcing Fair Exhibitors Donate Three Truckloads of New Product Samples to Charity

2006-11-21 18:33 1640

HONG KONG, Nov. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Around 70 exhibitors

participated in Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Fairs Care &

Share charity program donating three truckloads of display samples to people

in need. Non-profit Crossroads International will distribute the items to

people affected by natural disasters, conflict and in economically-depressed

communities.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b )

The display samples were donated by exhibitors following the October

China Sourcing Fairs: Gifts & Home Products, Electronics & Components and

Fashion Accessories held at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Exhibitors donated

products ranging from furniture and toys to healthcare products and consumer

electronics.

Global Sources Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "This year,

even more companies participated in the Care & Share program. This very

worthwhile cause not only helps the needy, but also saves exhibitors money

as they don't have to ship samples back to their home offices."

Director of Crossroads International, Sally Begbie, said: "All these

products are very useful to the people we serve. We're thankful to Global

Sources' exhibitors for their generosity to help those affected by disaster,

poverty and conflict around the world."

Participating donors and further information about the Global Sources

China Sourcing Fairs and the Care & Share charity program is available at

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-

ELECTRONICS/CHARITY.HTM (Electronics & Components),

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-FASHION/CHARITY.HTM

(Fashion Accessories), and

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-GIFTS/CHARITY.HTM

(Gifts & Home Products).

Global Sources will again run the Care & Share program in 2007. Dates

for the upcoming China Sourcing Fairs are:

* Electronics & Components: April 12-15

* Fashion Accessories: April 12-15

* Gifts & Home Products: April 20-23

Information about the China Sourcing Fairs is available at

http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .

Details about Crossroads International are available at

http://www.crossroads.org.hk .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and

a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core

business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide

range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates

trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and

integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over

544,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex, overseas supply

markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to

advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-

to-reach buyers in 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export

marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on

1.8 million products and more than 130,000 suppliers annually through 11

online marketplaces, 10 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research

reports and 14 trade shows, including six China Sourcing Fairs. Suppliers

receive more than 8 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global

Sources Online

( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 35 years. In

mainland China it has over 1,500 team members in 44 locations, and a

community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for

Chinese-language media.

About Crossroads International

Established in 1995, Crossroads International ( www.crossroads.org.hk )

is a registered non-profit corporation which receives goods and re-

distributes them to people in need, locally and internationally. Goods

donated will be distributed by Crossroads to registered welfare

organizations for the orphans, elderly, handicapped or disaster victims.

Crossroads will not sell any goods that you donate.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:

Camellia So

Tel: +852-2555-5021

Email: cso@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:

Eddie Heng

Tel: +65-6547-2850

Email: eheng@globalsources.com

Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:

James W.W. Strachan

Tel: +1-602-978-7504

Email: strachan@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:

Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton

Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.

Tel: +1-415-433-3777

Email: kchapman@lhai.com

Source: Global Sources Ltd.
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